The NYC Minimum Wage Hike is going to screw over workers.One in two New York City workers may soon be underemployed and in economic pain.
The city is now teeming with a vast hidden underclass of underemployed workers who don’t show up in official government statistics: More than 1.6 million people, or a staggering 45 percent of the local labor force, are struggling because they don’t have enough hours in their work week, according to a new report by the Robin Hood Poverty Tracker in association with Columbia University.

Indian Restaurant Served Up Fine for Hiring PracticesAn Indian restaurant in Midtown was hit with a $5,000 fine for its attempts to hire an "experienced Indian waiter or waitress" using an ad on Craigslist. The city's Commission on Human Rights filed a complaint against the eatery (which has since closed) claiming the ad was in violation of law which prohibits hiring based on national origin.

"Cover Charge" for 1WTC Restaurant CriticizedVisitors to One, the restaurant atop 1 World Trade Center, have to pay $32 just to walk in. Since the eatery is located within the Observatory on the 100th-102nd floors of the building, tickets are required to enter.